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What is meant by multiculturalism?

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nanna8 Thu 05-Oct-23 03:09:49

From that lovely Seekers song
We are one
But we are many
And from all the lands on earth we come
We share a dream
And sing with one voice
I am, you are , we are Australian
That should have been our National anthem

Chestnut Thu 05-Oct-23 00:14:21

Sadly I think that for many it means that people who don't have white skin aren't acceptable. I don't know how else to put it.
That is not multiculturalism, that is racism.

Multiculturalism a society that exists of people from different cultural backgrounds ethnicities and religions.
That is exactly what it is. Whether or not it works is another matter and open to debate.

Redhead56 Wed 04-Oct-23 21:59:03

Multiculturalism a society that exists of people from different cultural backgrounds ethnicities and religions.

Dinahmo Wed 04-Oct-23 19:46:05

Sadly I think that for many it means that people who don't have white skin aren't acceptable. I don't know how else to put it.

Oreo Wed 04-Oct-23 16:27:27

Parsley3 I think of it as similar tbh.A country where regardless of colour and ethnicity you can work, socialise and worship and get on in life.That’s multicultural Britain.

GrannyGravy13 Wed 04-Oct-23 15:48:41

I first travelled abroad 55 years ago, everything was so different from were I lived.

As the years went on and I traveled and lived abroad the differences decreased, it has become increasingly difficult to find anywhere different .

People have moved around the globe taking their culture, food etc., with them.

That to me sums up multiculturalism.

Parsley3 Wed 04-Oct-23 15:36:44

Whether multiculturalism works or doesn't work is up for debate, but what do people mean when they use the term?
The definition I like is this one.
Multiculturalism is a situation in which all the different cultural or racial groups in a society have equal rights and opportunities an none is ignored or regarded as unimportant.
www.collinsdictionary.com
Why would anyone not want that? I can only think that the meaning of multiculturalism must be open to many interpretations.